Paul Adika

As a diplomatic and committed professional with over 15 years of diverse experience in leadership and governance. I possess a strong work ethic demonstrating integrity, transparency, and accountability in the implementation of organizational strategies and providing direction and leadership toward the achievement of the organization’s annual objectives. I am a dedicated and committed professional who excels in evaluating and recommending best practices for the application of organization management and policies; resolving organizational capability issues and proactively identifying opportunities that align with organizational needs.

A well-rounded professional with experience in Food Security and Agribusiness providing thorough skillful technical support to farmers on crops and livestock to enhance their livelihoods and increased

Incomes.

▪ Proven track record of technical expertise in project Management through capacity building, co-ordination,

networking, value addition, local and export market linkages, working with gender and youth, alliances building with both public and private partnerships, village savings and loaning schemes, monitoring and evaluation and use of Climate Smart Agriculture for enhanced food production, improved incomes and resilience of households. I am looking forward to joining an environment where I will bring on board my diverse skills and expertise.

Responsibilities:

• Stakeholder management and complaint handling.
• Technical liaison through demos, trials, and training to growers, channels, and sales teams.
• Supported the distribution channel for efficiency and lobbied for support. 
• Conducted market research and analysis.
• Designed sales forecast and planning.
• defined and led integrated marketing strategy to optimize sales.
• Participated in consumer meetings, trade shows, and professional meetings. 
• Provided new product training, sales support, and competitive intelligence. 
• Provided sales support, field development support, registration support, and new product evaluation. 
• Followed on markets for current and future products.
• Trucked and communicated to management new competitive products that are under development as potential threats or opportunities.
• Managed the company's marketing sales force.
• Followed closely on the operational budgets.

Followed closely on company debtors’ statements and repayments.

Training and Workshop

• Training on Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides by the Agro-chemical Association of Kenya through the Safe Use Project.
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques.
• 2001: Spray application techniques training by HARDI 
• 2003: Training on Effective Planning Process by Tropical Institute of Community Health (Tich).
• Took part in the standardization of sustainable Agricultural training manual with IDCCS.
• Internal monitoring and evaluation of projects carried out in preparation for the final external project evaluation.
• Training on Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) in conjunction with EED Germany.
• Successful completion of making markets matter agribusiness training in Somerset West South Africa.

Seminars and Conferences

• Market matters.
• Project planning and management.
• Community development approaches.
• Agrochemicals sales, formulations, and use.
• Sustainable agriculture and environmental conservation.
• Benchmarking on water holding pans for irrigation.
• Baseline survey component.